Java IO

To write to a file try { BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter( System.getProperty("user.dir")+ System.getProperty("file.separator") + "test2.txt")); out.write("Testing IO using Random Access File"); out.close(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } and to read a file try { BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader( System.getProperty("user.dir") + System.getProperty("file.separator") + "test2.txt")); String str; while ((str = in.readLine()) != null) { System.out.print(str); } in.close(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } __Useful links__ *[Reading and Writing..The Java Developers Almanac 1.4| http://javaalmanac.com/egs/java.io/pkg.html#Reading%20and%20Writing]